This episode of The Dig is brought to you by the listeners who support us on Patreon and by Verso, one title that we think Dig listeners would enjoy is The Delemas of Lenin, terrorism, war, empire, love, Revolution by Tric Ali.

On the centenary of the Russian Revolution, Ali paints an illuminating portrait of the leader

of the October 1917 uprising, one of the most misunderstood leaders of the 20th century.

In his own time, there were many, even amongst his enemies, who acknowledged the full

magnitude of his intellectual and political achievements, but his legacy has been lost in

misinterpretation. He has worshipped but rarely read. The dilemmas of Lenin

terrorism, war, empire, love,, by Tariq Ali.

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On a political economic level, mass incarceration serves to control impoverished people and

populations that have been excluded from the labor market.

Politically, tough on crime rhetoric has for decades

been a tool for politicians to appeal to white voters racism. But what's less

discussed is the complicated history of criminal justice politics within black communities and amongst black politicians.

In the 1960s, violent crime and heroin use spiked in black neighborhoods.

Black people responded in complex crime and heroin use spiked in black neighborhoods.

Black people responded in complex and not monolithic ways.

There was a heavy debate about how to deal with violent crime and drugs that included calls

to fulfill the Black Freedom

struggles demands for social and economic justice

to address the root causes of crime.

But there were also popular demands

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